8-letter words containing g, o, b
- bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
- bondages — slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- bongoist — a player of the bongos
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- boogaloo — a type of dance performed to rock and roll music
- book bag — a bag or satchel used especially by a student for carrying books.
- boongary — a tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi, of northeastern Queensland
- borghese — a noble Italian family whose members were influential in Italian art and politics from the 16th to the 19th century
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- botteghe — the studio of a master artist, in which lesser artists, apprentices, or students learn by participating in the work.
- boughpot — a bouquet of flowers or boughs
- boughten — bought at a store and not homemade
- boulogne — a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 45 036 (2006)
- bouncing — If you say that someone is bouncing with health, you mean that they are very healthy. You can also refer to a bouncing baby.
- bounding — under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract.
- bourgeon — burgeon
- bow legs — a condition in which the legs curve outwards like a bow between the ankle and the thigh
- boweling — Anatomy. Usually, bowels. the intestine. a part of the intestine.
- bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
- bowingly — in a curved manner
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
- boxology — (graphics) /bok-sol'*-jee/ ASCII art. This term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow drawings. "His report has a lot of boxology in it." Compare macrology.
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
- bring on — If something brings on an illness, pain, or feeling, especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it.
- bring to — If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
- broguery — the use of a brogue or accent
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- broiling — If the weather is broiling, it is very hot.
- bromberg — German name of Bydgoszcz.
- bronzing — blue pigment producing a metallic lustre when ground into paint media at fairly high concentrations
- brooding — Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
- brooming — an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- browning — a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- bryology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of bryophytes
- budgerow — a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges
- bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
- bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
- bullfrog — A bullfrog is a type of large frog which makes a very loud noise.
- bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
- bunghole — a hole in a cask, barrel, etc, through which liquid can be poured or drained
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- burgoyne — John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
- bush-hog — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.